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53rd Annual Meeting
Huntington Library/Pasadena, California
27, 28, 29, and 30 September 2012

SHD Annual Meeting 2012
Preliminary Information
Call for Papers

Meetings will take place at the Huntington Library.
The conference hotel is the Pasadena Hilton.


27 September, opening reception will likely be held at the Pasadena Women’s City Club which is a five block walk from the hotel. It is expected to take place from 6:30-7:30 and consist of wines, soft drinks, and light munchies.

28 September, first day of meetings. Hired bus will take people to the Huntington. Conference banquet will likely be held at the Athenaeum Club of the California Institute of Technology, with reception 6:30-7:30, then meal and keynote address to follow.

29 September, second day of meetings. After the end of the conference, members can tour the grounds and collection of the Huntington. SHD member Bill Warren is hoping to organize a tour of the Huntington Conservation Lab.

30 September, post-conference excursion. Tentatively the organizers would like to take members on a bus trip to the Getty Museum of Art and the Page Museum at the LeBrea Tarpits. Both these stops should make for a full day.